Cistercian

Mr Sloan said he later built the cathedral at Inch Abbey as "an act of penance" and made that into a Cistercian monastery.

The island and all the property on it are owned by a group of Cistercian monks and tens of thousands of tourists visit each year.

Within a minute or two, Father Joseph Delargy appeared, dressed in the white robes of the Cistercian order, to bless the proceedings in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The roots of the yew are growing into and around the ruins of the English Heritage site, Waverley Abbey - the first Cistercian monastery founded in Britain 900 years ago, the Woodlands Trust said.

The settlement is located near the medieval farming community of Lodge and was run by a nearby Cistercian abbey.